Summa cum laude is the highest distinction
St Thomas Aquinas concluded the Summa Theologica because in mass he had a vision from God that told him to conclude the writing of this book. He told his good friend about what had happend and concluded his work on the Summa Theologica
The oldest known reference to it is in the "Summa de Arithmetica" by Luca Pacioli dated to 1494 AD, however it is beleived to have been in use for some time before that.
The correct term is: cum laude, meaning "with distinction"; magna cum laude, meaning "with great distinction"; or summa cum laude, "with highest distinction".
Cum laude means 'with honor', magna cum laude is 'with high honor', and summa cum laude means 'with the greatest honor'. These designations are granted to every graduate who meets a required grade-point average, so several students in a class, or even an entire class, could graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude. The valedictorian is the student with the highest academic rank in the class, so you would expect he would at least be a cum laude graduate. But if you have a class where no one has over a B average, there will still be a valedictorian but he will not be graduated with honors.
At most colleges and universities, students can graduate with Latin honors. Cum laude, Summa cum laude, and Magna cum laude are the honors distinction.
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
No, "manga cum laude" should not be capitalized in a resume. It is not a formal academic distinction like "Summa Cum Laude" and does not require capitalization.
I graduated from Harvard Summa Cum Laude.
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
3.65-3.79 cum laude 3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude 3.90+ summa cum laude
For most colleges and universities it would be magna cum laude. Summa cum laude typically starts no lower than 3.85.
The valedictorian gives the valedictory address to the graduates. The valedictory is, basically, the "parting words", "the words of sending-off". Magna cum laude is the attainment of a certain level of academic excellence. The valedictorian may or may not have attained special recoginition for academic excellence.
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Depends on schools. Ussually it is... Summa Cum Laude is 3.9 and better. Magna Cum Laude is 3.7 - 3.9 Cum laude is 3.5 - 3.7 There is also Egregia Cum Laude which holds the same GPA requirement as summa but is only given to the selected elite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_laude